ACCOZZAGLIA

1. If you were asked to bring your design philosophy to a three-dimensional structure or sculpture, what materials would you use, and what existing structures or sculptures might you use as an analogue for the purposes of describing your vision to others?

ummm, colourful, translucent acrylics and plastics. subdued, anodized enamel metal surfaces. lots of analogue references and functionality. pale hard woods. polyesters. unusual applications of plastics. carbon fibre. titanium. light-emitting diodes in blue or white, and alternately, green, amber, red and other combinations thereof.

what existing structures? tough one. organic structures. soft edges, curves and so on, which is in opposition with my two-dimension design philosophy. that’s all i can really say about it.

2. Would you stay the night in an abandoned, haunted mansion or the cozy Motel 6 just down the road?

Motel 6. when i’m tired, i wanna sleep. when i’m alert, i’ll explore the abandoned, haunted mansion. i’d like to get to know whomever’s echoes remain when i have a lucid head.

but ideally? my car. at a rest stop. or camping.

3. Which is more important; saving yourself, or serving as a warning to others?

i think you can technically achieve both if you plan your tactic appropriately and carefully. maybe both aspects will be compromised slightly, but if you can save both a bunch a people with a chance that you can save yourself, then you can find out whether your efforts to help them came to fruition or not.

4. What would you consider to be most significant piece of pre-rock and roll music produced in America? The world?

in America? George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”. i mean, there are other watershed songs, but pop-quizzed, i say Gershwin. i still get orgasmic chills every time i hear the shriek of that clarinet. and i’m not exactly a clarinet fanatic, either (i’m all about the oboe).

a close second? Dave Brubeck’s “Take Five”. 5/4 time does really wild shit to my brain. good shit.

worldwise? damn. that’s really hard, because i’m not an ethnomusicologist, and i haven’t heard all musics of the world pre-1955 yet. i can’t answer that with veracity or authenticity.

5. Do you always believe what you say?

generally, yes. there are limited exceptions.